Education RAMS 2
UCET Work Method Statement or Standing Operating Procedure
1. The Activity Activity being carried out: Activities using tools How is the activity completed? Grinding corn – children turn top stone around, children grind using a stone on the saddleback quern ploughing – children push a plough, children use antlers, prepared animal shoulder blades, flint stones bow-making – use a wire-saw to cut a length of hazel coppice, shelter-building – use a wire-saw to cut a piece of hazel, plough with ard – pulling the ard with someone steering at the back, fire-lighting – ferosium rod against steel, bow drill, flints quill and ink – place knife with a thumb in a particular place with blade pointing away from body and pulling feather towards body with knife staying still, gathering wood – kneeling down, run brash hook down the stick to take off other smaller branches, Gathering grass materials – children use a flint sickle, sharp flint whittling – using potato peeler, sitting on a bench draw the peeler perpendicular to the body down the length of a branch to take some wood off, torc making – twist two pieces of wire together Big-dig – children use hand tools to dig through soils to find pottery materials. Spinning and weaving – Using carding brushes pull wool apart with raised elbows, spindles, looms, children use teasel heads, and twist ply together, then finger weave, use bone needles to make a net or chaing
What equipment is used? Quern stone, saddle back querns, plough, Ard, trowels, sticks, cable-tie, wire-saws, hand- saws, fire-strike, craft knife, brash-hooks, bow-saws, sheath-knives, potato-peelers, rope, flint and steel, bow-drills, loppers, pliers, wire-cutters, augur, ferosium rod, wooden needles, flint sickles, bone needles, cleaned fleece, teasel heads, flint tools
What locations are approved for the activity? Woods; grounds; fire-circles; inside the house; inside the stable-block, Round house, hovels
What are we expecting the accompanying staff to do? Act upon information supplied by the instructor and stay in the area as advised. Information is given verbally and sometimes with written session plans. Administer first response first aid to any of their children who injure themselves (Ufton staff are available to support and help if requested following the first response.)
Reviewed annually unless procedure needs to change. Next Review due: January 2018 Education RAMS 2
Which parts of the activity are the accompanying staff prohibited from doing? Activities will be led by qualified Ufton Court staff – instruction will be given on how much involvement individuals will take.
What significant hazards have you identified in the activity? Accidental injury through improper use of the tool. This is both injury to self and others. Slips and trips whilst carrying a tool. Foreign bodies entering an eye. Misuse of the tools. Dropping a heavy weight. Infection from soil.
Which extremes of weather would prohibit the activity from happening? Heavy rain and strong winds would mean that the activity is moved to a less exposed location or changed.
Are there any other issues that may affect the activity which you need to include in the control measures? No
What control measures do you have already in place? Appropriate ratios of adults to active participants. School staff to administer first response first aid to any of their children who injure themselves (Ufton staff are available to support and help if requested following the first response.) Demonstration and supervision of safe use of tools Keeping tools appropriately stored. Brief children on where to stand. Ensure that all surfaces appropriate for use and that there is enough space between the children. Ensure that heavy weights are secure and not near the edge of a surface where they could fall. Minimise children moving around whilst carrying tools. Brief participants about keeping foreign bodies out of the eye. All cutting surfaces to be kept away from the body and point in a direction away from the person cutting. Reporting of any damage to the tools and tools to be decommissioned. Tools checked and maintained Wear gloves on our non-tool hand. Blades should be checked before and after each activity. Counting all tools in and out.
Reviewed annually unless procedure needs to change. Next Review due: January 2018 Education RAMS 2
Cover open cuts before activity begins Wash hands immediately after activity
2. Hazards if exposed during the activity Wet slippery ground; branches in trees dropping down; uneven surfaces; allergies to materials; Weill’s disease; high winds; rain; hypothermia; exposure.
3. PPE to be issued and worn Gloves – fire-gloves only to be used by adults or secondary children once a dynamic risk assessment has been carried out.
4. Other safety Instructions Please refer to other relevant RAMS (e.g. fire-lighting) for other instructions relevant to that activity.
5. Other controls applied
6. Risk Controls Applied Hazard Likelihood Injury Outcome Env impact Risk levels Additional controls to outcome reduce risk further Slippery ground 2 1 1 2 Inform participants and check footwear. Branches dropping 1 5 1 5 Trees checked and labelled according to risk Uneven surfaces 3 2 1 6 Warn participants of tree roots and other obstructions Allergies 2 5 1 10 Collect medical information to avoid materials which cause anaphylaxis. Make sure epi-pens are carried where allergies are known Weill’s disease 2 5 4 10 Wash hands – avoid standing and stagnant water, cover open wounds with waterproof plaster before activity High winds 5 5 4 25 Measure wind speed, cancel or move session out of woods if excessive wind Exposure 1 3 1 3 Check clothing. Check weather reports
Key Likelihood Injury Outcome Environmental Damage outcome 5 Almost Certain to happen 5 Death or Permanent disability 5 Catastrophic Env impact
Reviewed annually unless procedure needs to change. Next Review due: January 2018 Education RAMS 2
4 Very Likely 4 Hospitalisation 4 Serious Env impact 3 Likely 3 Treatment by local doctor 3 Noticeable Env impact 2 Unlikely 2 F/A treatment 2 Minor Env impact 1 Very unlikely 1 Discomfort 1 Very unlikely
Multiply Likelihood by Outcomes. Any score above 9 must result in control measures being applied.
Reviewed annually unless procedure needs to change. Next Review due: January 2018